Agitator

These short stories draw the reader into a grim online universe, where a corporate digital state oversees the virtual space and its data centers.

In this collection of surreal narratives, a character battling hoarding and a craving for attention finds spiritual awakening using a virtual reality device. The Bardo simulation initiates a psychedelic journey of self-discovery for him, pushing him to confront his attachments.

A journalist, feeling disillusioned and in search of a new story, accepts an invitation to help a counterculture group create a manufactured revolutionary leader. This psychological operation incites public opposition against the Copper King Data Center.

A high school student opposes a local data center, leading his parents to enroll him in a robot-run therapeutic boarding school in Montana. To survive, he is compelled to follow a point system and engage in attack therapy.

An artist discusses his recollections from his time in Taos, New Mexico before technocrats colonized our brains with phones. He is convinced that the sacred clown is the salvation for humankind.

Stories examine the intricate psychological landscape of individuals as artificial intelligence shapes and direct their minds.